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A Collector of Antiques Asks: "Can Something Be Racist and Also Be Beautiful?"
In the Blactiquing Space, curator and collector Kevin Jones presents deeply fraught objects with emotion, connection, and care.
News
Detroit Institute of Arts Faces Backlash Over “Pro-Cop” Mural
Artists including Dawoud Bey, Jordan Casteel, and Kevin Beasley criticized the institution’s partnership on the mural, titled “To Serve and Protect.”
Opinion
How a Property Tax Helped Transform the Detroit Institute of Arts
Our millage funding model, based upon responsiveness and accountability, is a successful paradigm that has sustained the DIA and benefitted our region.
News
First Online Slavery Database Gets a $1.4M Injection From Mellon Foundation
Enslaved.org houses millions of records related to more than 600,000 enslaved people and their descendants, emancipation activists, and enslavers.
News
Leaked Recording of Confidential Meeting at Detroit Institute Details Allegations of Toxic Workplace
Allegations overheard include descriptions of director Salvador Salort-Pons’s leadership as “erratic, autocratic, condescending” and “intolerant of dissent.”
Opinion
Mourning This Year’s Canceled ArtPrize Event
This year, the excitement of having a shared and immersive three-week-long, city-wide artistic experience with people in a swing city in a swing county in a swing state was missing.
Announcement
Cranbrook Academy of Art Opens Fall 2021 Applications
Five full-tuition fellowships are available for prospective students, who can explore each department safely via Cranbook's robust webinar series.
Announcement
Stamps School of Art & Design Opens MFA in Fine Art Applications for Fall 2021
The application deadline for the University of Michigan's highly selective graduate program is January 6, 2021.
Art
Highlighting Detroit’s Invisible Artists: Local Art Workers
The most interesting takeaway of ARTWORK is the framework itself, which seeks to center the artists who have, historically, played an overlooked role in making the art world turn.
News
After 70 Former Workers Cite “Toxic Work Environment,” MOCA Detroit Terminates Executive Director
After conducting an internal investigation, the MOCAD board concluded that Elysia Borowy-Reeder’s leadership “fell short of its goals for diversity, inclusivity and a healthy work environment.”
News
2020 ArtPrize Exhibition Canceled Over COVID-19 Concerns
Concerns over the difficulty of travel, low attendance, and gathering restrictions prompted the decision to cancel one of the largest public art events in the US.